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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Dispatch

Detection of Zika Virus in Urine

Ann-Claire Gourinat1, Olivia O’Connor1, Elodie Calvez, Cyrille Goarant, and Myrielle Dupont-RouzeyrolComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Noumea, New Caledonia

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Table

Characteristics of 6 patients infected with Zika virus, New Caledonia, 2014*

Characteristics Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5 Patient 6
Clinical
Headache +
Arthralgia +++ (ankles) ++ (hands) +++ ++ (hands)
Maculopapular rash +++ ++ +++ ++ +++ +++
Itching + + + ++ +++ ++
Edema in hands + ++ ++
Conjunctivitis ++ - + +
Adenopathy ++
Fever + + (38°C) + ++ (39°C) ++ (39.5°C)
Retroorbital pain ++
Myalgia
NA

+
+
+
+
Laboratory
Leukopenia + NA +
Thrombocytopenia + (123 g/L) NA
Activated lymphocytes + + + + NA +

*–, negative; +, light; ++, moderate; +++, intense; NA, not available.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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